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Perth, WA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Fortescue Future Industries raised.
Companies Fortescue Future Industries acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Vesey | Head of Energy Transition Projects | pv-magazine-australia.com |
| Christiaan Heyning | Head of Decarbonisation | pv-magazine-australia.com, @AuManufacturing |
| Dr Andrew Forrest | Chair | @AuManufacturing |
| Dr Guy Debelle | Chief Financial Officer | pv-magazine-australia.com |
| Elizabeth Gaines | Global Brand Ambassador | pv-magazine-australia.com |
| Gordon Cowe | Head of Projects Development | pv-magazine-australia.com |
| Julie Shuttleworth | CEO | pv-magazine-australia.com, RenewEconomy |
| Julie Shuttleworth AM | CEO (former) | firmus.co |
| Malcolm Turnbull | Non-executive Chairman | SmartCompany |
| Michael Masterman | Chief Financial Officer (former) | Startup News (WA) |
| Professor Mark Hutchinson | CEO (former) | RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing, pv-magazine-australia.com |
Stories naming Fortescue Future Industries. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Western Australia's government has shortlisted 23 companies for the 2026 Innovators of the Year awards across six categories; $310,000 in prizes will be shared in November, and past winners including Kanopy are recalled.
Firmus announces three new non-executive directors joining its grid board from March 2026, each bringing finance, governance or resources and energy delivery experience.
Sparc Hydrogen, a Fortescue-backed joint venture, says its South Australian pilot plant has produced hydrogen continuously using sunlight and a catalyst; Fortescue Future Industries bought its stake in 2022.
A South Australian pilot plant run by Sparc Hydrogen, a venture of Sparc Technologies, Fortescue and the University of Adelaide, has shown sustained hydrogen production from sunlight and water alone.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has expanded its hydrogen and green metals research funding to $59.1 million across 21 projects, with recipients including Hysata, Curtin University and Fortescue subsidiary MIH2.
A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.
Sparc Hydrogen has selected a site near Adelaide for a pilot plant proving its solar-driven hydrogen process, after on-sun trials at CSIRO's Newcastle facility, with the project backed by two grant programs.
Sparc Hydrogen, through a University of Adelaide partnership, has won a $470,511 seed grant under Australia's Economic Accelerator to advance reactor testing, including prototype work at CSIRO's Newcastle energy centre.
Sparc Hydrogen will test its photocatalytic green hydrogen process at CSIRO's Newcastle facility, with a $28,688 grant through CSIRO's Kick-start Program backing initial four-week trials starting in Q3 2023.
Roundup covering an SME sentiment survey, Renewable Metals winning a Supercharge Australia award, a new Queensland trade commissioner, an FFI green hydrogen power deal, a Siemens emissions pilot, and a CDU drones grant.
Roundup of manufacturing news: Fortescue's ammonia locomotive trial, Nova Eye's US regulatory delay, Wellnex completing its Mr Bright acquisition, ClearVue's research tax payment, and a photonic chip breakthrough.
News roundup: EMVision receives a $2.5 million NSW medical devices grant, ADDE appoints a liquidator, DroneShield wins an order, SciDev and Q-CTRL name executives, and ReNu Energy signs a non-binding term sheet with HESTA.
Also @AuManufacturing
Manufacturing roundup: Vaxxas wins a federal grant for vaccine patch production, Air Tip secures NT co-investment for its tipping trailer, COFA gains research funding, and Fortescue plans US hydrogen research spending.
Also @AuManufacturing
Fortescue announces leadership changes: Andrew Forrest becomes Executive Chairman as Elizabeth Gaines steps down, Mark Hutchinson to lead FFI, plus new appointments including Guy Debelle as CFO and board director Li Yifei.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: Manildra draws on CEFC money to quit coal, Ankere Therapeutics launches with seed backing, Micro-X gear reaches Ukraine, plus a vessel naming, precinct tenders, an FFI appointment and a cable rebrand.
Fortescue Future Industries and Dutch fund Teslin Participates have provided undisclosed growth capital to thin-film solar maker Hyet Solar to speed up a Netherlands factory; the piece also recalls FFI's 2021 majority stake purchase.
Green Gravity, a new Australian venture developing gravity-based power storage inside abandoned mine shafts and led by Mark Swinnerton, formerly of BHP, has early private backing and is in talks with governments and VCs.
Manufacturing roundup covering Hexagon's blue hydrogen plans, Tritium appointing a new COO, a Fortescue-Airbus green hydrogen alliance, and Calix gaining registration for its crop protection product.